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‘Miss Anthropocene’: The Grimes album tailor-made for the coronavirus pandemic
There's appeal in thinking of climate change as a type of pain inflicted by some sort of mystical entity.
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Amid pandemic, wildfires close in on abandoned Chernobyl nuclear site
The fires have spread through nearby forests, raising columns of smoke that could be contaminated with radiation.
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How to help your neighbors when a pandemic hits? Exhibit A: Museums.
"All of this pain and suffering will force us all to ask very difficult questions about who we are."
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Locusts and coronavirus: A Biblical nightmare strikes the horn of Africa
Locust swarms are multiplying in eastern Africa as farmers plant their next harvest and the coronavirus threat grows.
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Turns out, traffic spreads like the coronavirus
Researchers use models meant for infectious diseases to show how congestion proliferates. That may mean a vaccine for traffic jams is on the horizon.
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‘The Super Bowl of birding’
Spring springs eternal, even during the time of COVID-19.
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Shifting gears: The climate protest movement in the age of coronavirus
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Fridays for Future, the youth climate campaign, was seeing numbers of protesters decline. Now, the movement is recalibrating its strategies.
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What storytelling means in times of crisis
Crises test our character, and what drives my reporting is the desire to understand how humans survive these tests.
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How coronavirus is changing electricity usage, in 3 charts
“Shelter in place” has shifted when we use electricity -- and how much we're using.
